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Born in Brooklyn, New York (USA) on September 18, 1946.
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| Early years |
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| 1960 - 1964 |
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| April - August 1964 |
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Richard had employment with the Josephson & Cuffari Advertising Agency during the end of his Senior year of high school and the Summer before leaving to attend college.
Richard was an assistant to the Art Director, handling paste-ups and mechanicals.
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| 1964 - 1966 |
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As one of the seven academic/athletic scholarships he was offered, Richard attended Miami University at Oxford, Ohio.
While attending college there, he was on Dean's List during his last semester.
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| Summer 1966 |
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At age 19, Richard was drafted into the armed services.
He filed for conscientious objector status which the draft board did not recognize because he was neither Quaker nor Jehovah's Witness. He was raised Catholic and had also engaged in violent sports.
Richard filed a special petition to the State of New Jersey contesting the ruling based on the theory there are really only variations on a central theme and there is only one religion, which foundation is based upon the reverence for life.
Richard prevailed, becoming the first person in New Jersey to attain the status of conscientious objector not based on a formally recognized religion.
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| 1966 |
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During the time he was doing research for his Petition as a conscientious objector , Richard began to realize the hypnosis/trance state was an everyday phenomenon used by politicians, religious leaders and advertisers.
Having returned to New Jersey and suspending his formal education, he was able to continue his studies with Dr. William Campbell (who had introduced him to hypnosis as a sophomore in high school -- see "Why Hypnosis" under the "Legacy" tab of this site). Dr. Campbell's specialty, and subsequent reputation, was based on the use of "deep" hypnosis to prepare pregnant women for drugless, painless childbirth.
In evaluating his time with Dr. Campbell, Richard writes:
In our sessions together, we explored hypnosis as applied to athletics, a deep interest of mine at the time. Through the establishments of anchors in "deep" trance, I was able, wherever and whenever, I wanted to "descend" into deep trance and focus an amazing amount of attention and energy toward specific desired target states. This literally transformed my life by making available to me powerful states of personal resource.
Through Dr. Campbell's deep trance inductions, I was able to adopt the "eye-open" trance (as were pregnant women during childbirth) and watch as he sunk a needle into my hand painlessly.
I became convinced, at an early age, after reading a wide variety of books on altered states and the Origins of Hypnosis by Mesmer, of the real value of hypnosis as a therapeutic and medical tool.
Acquired Tools:
In addition to an overall understanding of the field of hypnosis, its history and use, I was able to attain specific skills/hypnotic.
Induction:
Dr. Campbell perfected the use of a very basic technique of induction called the Elevator Induction. Through practice I learned the technique to guide a client into deep trance with immediate access to a pre-determined target state. I can create painlessness in specific body areas, bring about positive and negative hallucinations and anchor resource states. The influence of Dr. Campbell's wisdom, professionalism, record keeping and compassion, has remained as a foundation to the specific therapeutic skills I since obtained.
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| December 1966 through March 1968 |
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Richard had to suspend his college education due to a family crisis involving the health of his youngest brother, Gerald.
During this time frame, Richard was fortunate to get a job as the youngest person ever to be a journalist on the "Newark Evening News", then the fourth largest paper at the time in the metropolitan New York City area with a circulation of 1/2 million. In this journalist position, he was assigned to cover the municipal and police news for seven surburban cities, provide weekly feature stories and was a part-time book reviewer.
As part of the special features assignment, Richard wrote a controversial article on the Vietnam War. This article resulted in his being placed on the obituary desk. The assignment of a journalist to the obituary desk was traditionally used as a punishment to reform reporters.
As a result of the "Newark Evening News" deciding to take him off the special features desk, Richard decided to quit the paper and go freelance over the next several years.
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| While working for the "Newark Evening News" (12/66 - 3/68) |
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Richard began to write fiction, incorporating theories of parallel universes, altered states of consciousness, spiritual visions, tantric sex and hypnosis.
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| 1966 - 1972 |
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Richard became a stringer for The New York Times newspaper.
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| July 1967 |
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His first child, Ian Allen, was born of Linda on the 28th at Montclaim Community Hospital in New Jersey.
Photo at 14 weeks:
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| March 1968 - August 1969 |
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Richard was an instructor and Director of Personnel at the Hubbard Communications Organization, New York City.
This firm teaches efficiency, organizational communication systems and organizational ethics.
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| March 1968 - August 1969 |
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Richard became an instructor and therapist for Scientology, having been introducted to its belief structure by his brother Ronald.
Richard was trained in four out of the eight levels above the state of "clear". "Clear" represents a state of awareness which allows the individual full and knowing determination over one's life and goals free of abberations on a personal level. These abberations above the personal level were dealt with on a level of "clear" and which include community, marriage, religion, etc.
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| March 1968 through 1972 (?) |
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As a result of the "Newark Evening News" deciding to take him off the special features desk, Richard decided to quit the paper and go freelance over the next several years. He wrote for such magazines as Cosmopolitan, Saturday Review, Harper's, The Nation, etc.
During this same time-frame, many of his poems began to be published. He was also being asked to give poetry readings with the majority in the New York City area. As a tribute to his multiple talents, he was asked to display his "visionary" art work at various universities and literary organizations.
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| August 1969 to March 1970 |
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During this time frame, Richard was an Associate Editor at the Photographic Trade News Publishing Company located at East 21st Street in New York City.
In the role of Associate Editor his credits include "Information and Records Management" magazine, "The Annual Information, Storage and Retrieval Guidebook". He was also an Editorial Consultant to the "Japan-American Camera Club" newsletter.
For this employer, Richard wrote several monthly pieces in addition to doing heavy editorial work from freelance writers, proofing and he was responsible for doing liaison work with the art department and printers.
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| Date unknown -- Early 1970's (Probably 1969 - 1972) |
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Readings and Performances
° Fitzgerald Show, WOR-AM, New York City
° Apogee, Mercer Art Theatre
° Channel 13, Cable TV, New Jersey
° University of Pennsylvania
° Tombrook College, New Jersey
lecture on mysticism
° Apple Tree School (New York State Council)
° Dr. Generosity's, New York City
° Bronx Council of the Arts
° Village Vanguard (2 months in concert)
° West Bank Cafe, New York City
° Aimee Theatre
° Westbeth Poetry Reading Serices (New York State Council)
° Calliope Society Readings, New York City included The Scorpio Poems and included
participation in the Motet of Four Poems -- UP FROM JERUSALEM
° Continum I, New York City
° St. John's Church
° WNYC
° WPEG-FM Radio
° WHPL-AM Radio, Virginia
Exhibitions (Poetry/Etchings)
° Mexico City and suburbs, traveling group show, Palace of the Fine Art -- 1972
° Several of his prints are in the Mexico Museum
° Maryland State Museum -- 1971
° Gotham Bookmart Gallery, New York City, two man
° Oppegard Gallery, one-man show, 1971 (see Dragonette review in 3/71)
° Oppegard Gallery, group show -- 1970
° Earth People Auction show -- 1971
° Walcott-Fields Gallery, group show -- 1970
° International Festival in Words & Music -- 1970
° International Visual Poetry, London and Paris -- 1969
° Brooklyn Museum Art School, graphic exhibit -- 1969
° Montclair Community Art Show, New Jersey -- 1969
At Oppegard:
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| Westbeth in New York City (early 1970's) |
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The National Endowment of the Arts gave New York City money to convert the old telephone building in lower Manhattan into special spaces to work. The conversion included 300 living units allotted for low-rent housing for the artists. Richard was one of the 300 chosen of the 5,000 applicants.
While at Westbeth, Richard produced literally hundreds of lithographs, etchings and poems.
He also received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts' C.A.P. foundation to teach poetry.
While living and creating at Westbeth, Richard met Mel Fowler (see Mr. Fowler's tribute on this site) -- who became the illustrator for the book The King of Numbers by Richard.
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| 1970 |
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Richard was awarded a study grant by the Brooklyn Museum of Art School. The grant ran from 1970 - 1971.
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| March 1970 |
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The youngest of the three Zarro brothers, Gerald, transitioned from the physical due to cancer.
Richard was the oldest of the three.
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| March 1970 - January 1971 |
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Richard continued to do freelance work.
He gave over 100 poetry readings in cafes, churchs and universities during this time.
He wrote and edited advertising copy (as well as a newsletter) for the Promotion Center, a Madison Avenue advertising firm.
He also wrote and edited "Knowledge Mod Style", for J.C. Jennings Radio Corp, New York City.
Additionally, he was co-editor with award winning poet Hugh Siedman in the publication of an anthology of poetry published in 1971 called Westbeth Poets. Richard also is credited jointly with Mel Fowler, who was also art editor, on the book design.
Richard also contributed three piece of art work and two poems -- The Waiting Poem in addition to And Christ's Folly -- both of which will be added to the Legacy Section of this site and to the two linked sites.
Among Richard's credits also was he was one of the founding editors of Metanoia, a small literary journal.
A flyer in his "bio folder" says Richard will be featured at St. John's-in-the Village "Open Poetry Series" on July 29 and will be heard on August 1 on WNYC-FM. The readings are from his third volume of poetry.
He has evolved through being a militant pacifist, a conscientious objector, various brands of religion, yoga, mysticism and witchcraft (not necessarily in that order) to where he is today. "To know where that is, listen to my poetry", he says.
Sample from one of his poems:
.... that beautiful blue vision, its red shadows, its
lustrous tones and soothing song
all eminating from a Clear Light
that makes the Vision of the Eyes
of the Veiled Lady so dazzling bright
that you stop thinking
and know ....
His poems and mystic drawings have been published in several small periodicals.
Richard was completing his first novel, A Time For Silence. Upon completion, Richard began editing this novel under the direction of Dr. Humphreys, Columbia Graduate School, Special Studies Program.
Richard had two one-man shows in 1971 (Gotham Bookmark & Oppegard Gallery), over 30 group shows in New York City, around the United States, Mexico in 1970. Several of his prints are in the Mexico Museum.
He co-founded with a friend the Transformation Foundation, dedicated to the education of society from self-consciousness to world or cosmic consciousness.
His photos appeared in a book published by Bantam edited by John Price called Life Show in addition to Sterio Review.
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| 1971 |
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His first novel, A Time for Silence, won the Creative Writing Award from Doubleday/Columbia University.
Richard received a fellowship for 1971-72 from Columbia University's Graduate Program in Creative Writing.
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| 1971 |
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The King of Numbers was published by Jarrow Press. The Post reviewed it as "the best children's book of the year". Other newspapers compared it to The Little Prince.
The King of Numbers is a tale of mysticism and mathematics for adults and children which included concepts of infinity and the decimal-metric system.
Taken from undated correspondence with well-known British author John Fowles, Richard wrote of the illustrations, they "are elegant, done in sort of an old-medival woodcut motif by an artist" (Mel Fowler) he met at Wesbeth.
The book is dedicated to Gerald E, my brother (1951 - 1970)
and Ian, my son.
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| 1971 |
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Richard received further acclaim as his biography was requested by the Dictionary of Contemporary Authors and by Who's Who in the East.
His book of poems, Between the Beast and the Stars, was a finalist for the University of Pittsburgh Poetry Prize.
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| 1971 |
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Richard gave the sponsor of this site a couple copies of the flyer from his one-man show at the Allen Oppegard Gallery, Lexington Avenue, New York City.
He spoke fondly of Ree Dragonette, the author of Parable of the Fixed Stars and Remember Zion, etc., who was a fellow author and poet. Ms. Dragnonette is the winner of the Emily Dickenson Award in 1971.
She wrote for this flyer:
The modern artist often has to be part scientist, part mystical optimist, part teacher-poet. Richard Zarro is such an artist, combining technical, physical evolutionary trends with the visionary fantasies of the ancient prophets, all reconciled in a dynamic that pushes man deep into himself and farther and farther toward that 'otherness' of the great saints and oriental philosophers.
All of Mr. Zarro's woodcuts, lithographs and etchings are sprung from and interwoven with his poetic sensibility, verbal expression, line and crve are intermingled inseparably in the artist's conscious and unconscious pressures. Preoccupied with archtypal memory and the recurrent crucifixions of soul and flesh, he combines Christian theology with a timelessly new and old Jungian ssymbolism. In reverent and erotic exploration, he probes the maternal presence from Maya to Mary, from the Virgin Mother figure to the innocent ripeness of the wild and lusty nymphs. His mother figures have eloquent tragic eyes, small resonant breasts and sometimes ambiguous sexuality -- their arms become rather more like feathers than early flesh-appendages.
In choice of pigments, Zarro uses a natural and supernatural spectrum, physiologically conventional, psychically unusual. Rusts, burnt sienna, a congestive genital red, pure, pure blues suggestive of imagined stellar regions, galactic whites icy and wavering beyond our apprehension. And black, ultimate primal, spatial black.
My favorites in this exhibit are:
The Enlightenment, The Opening of the Third Eye is one of eight in a special unpublished edition called, THE LAST METAMRPHOSIS OF MAN INTO GOD.
This particular one is a four-color etching representative of the artist's religious and poetic philosophy: the divine revelation inherent in the human-bestial form, the muscular strain and outstretch of puny mankind, through faith and vehicular sight, toward ultimate fulfillment. Metaphysical and apocalyptic -- he believes we are in the fitful, first rays of total apocalypse at this point in the twentieth century. Repeatedly, here and in all his other works, one senses the pivotal centality of the notion of the pineal eye, and the strong cumulative force of the solar plexus as the seat of wisdom, as the alchemizer of all natural and psycho-biophysical phenomenon.
In his verse from THE LAST METAMORPHOSIS OF MAN INTO GOD, he has written,
"Shedding the body like worn out garmets in lifeforce
filing caverns worn in long ago solar night. Solar night
flowing in on Light, Light of Source, of nuclear transformation,
of breath-holding life within bones named and preserved by
the ones holding metamorphosis in fear.
"Every eye of God is turned inward dreaming you alive
in veins formed by stars and cosmic winds winding,
bewilding the First and Second Order under the glass
while the coming attractions of the Third order are
burning, open and unhealed before prophesy, hope
and ancient omens.
Hold your head in grief, hold you heart heavy under
changes, while the wings grow under the wane of the
moon."
Suffering, the sweat-blood-drops of shame and anguish under the hooded, grieving forehead; these states and postures breathe and move throughout his work.
My other favorite in this collection is Omega Dream #777. In this work, man, half phallic, half swooned upon the gentle, oval female principle is reaching up for total exultation, for the dissolving purity of oneness with otherness. A large, powerful figures climbs a flight of dark, underground stairs. To his right is a mountainous pile of corpses, in various stages of decomposition and disaster. A doorway or arch lets in strange, emcompassing light. A small figure stands in profile, young, neither male nor female. Above him is a hung Christ, with piscean cast to his features, and with the web-like feet of certain fishes. Throughout the composition is the ambience of imminent knowing, and of infinity closing and widening among the planes and convex structures. The alighment of the etching is remarkably paradoxical -- a kind of new geometry of perspectives, not warring but distinctly divided except where they are drawn up into the wide light.
Mr. Zarro says of himself that he is religious and yet reality-struck. The poet-painter of our time, he believes, must recognize that sensitive man is the messenger between worlds, between the spiritual and the physical domains, which all converge in the dazzling ontology of the apocalypse. He has told me his work is a fusion of visions both conscious and unconscious, moved without effort of will from his deeps (where all clusters of insight begin) and then executed by discipline and passionate labor.
Between my two maximum favorites is a tiny etching which shows a phallus bearing an eye, and the eye weeps exquisitely precise tears. Human phallus or divine -- who can say? The thrust of Zarro's work is always loaded with metaphysical ambiguitities, but never vague, never pallid or tentative. Whether he is depicticting the worshipped white goddess of Afro-Indian muse, or the delicate Divine Mother whom he cherishes in all his waking trances, or the sexual male yearing toward transcendance -- every stroke and coiling leaf, every bronze line and grey-white shape means many things. It is up to the artful audience to complete his verses and his drawings -- we get from any achievement the burden and the explication we bring to it through our own generative attention.
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| 1971 - 1972 |
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It was during the time Richard was studying as a Columbia University fellow in creative writing that he began making the connection between linguistics and trance states.
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| 1972 |
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His second book of poems, Cosmic Telegram 777 / Ode to Madam Joy was published by Westbeth Editions. It received a letter of commendation from the competition at the University of Pittsburgh.
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| June - August 1972 |
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Harper & Row rented a house for six weeks for the three (Gordon, Friedlander and Zarro) of them working on The Aquarian Angel, a new age primer and catalog.
Richard was associate editor, poetry editor and consultant.
Being a city/suburb person, it was the first time Richard spent that much time in the country. During that project, Richard fell in love with the Catskills. He decided when he returned to New York that he would move to the country. And for better or worse, he did.
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| 1971 - 1979 |
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Lumberjacking in the Catskill mountains
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| Unknown date (1972 to mid-70's) Dictionary of Contemporary Artists |
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From Volumes 33-36, Contemporary Authors:
Personal:
Born September 18, 1946; son of Eugene (a sales engineer) and Vita Monterroso Zarro.
Education:
Attended Miami University, Oxford, Ohio for two years;
Columbia University, creative writing fellow 1971-72.
Career:
Had worked as a journalist, Newark Evening News, Newark, N.J.;
a creative director, Promotion Center, New York City;
an associate editor, Photographic Trade News Publishing Co, New York City;
a writer for "Knowledge Mod Style" which is a syndicated radio show produced by Jennings Radio Corp, New York City;
Photographer, poet and artist. Has had exhibitions of artwork at
Montclair Community Art Show, New Jersey in 1959
International Visual Poetry Exhibit in Paris and London in 1969
Brooklyn Museum Art School (graphics) in 1970
Wolcott-Fields Gallery, New York City in 1970,
Oppegard Gallery, New York City in 1970 and 1971,
and other shows.
He has read poetry and performed at churches, universities, cafes, theatres and on radio in New York City.
Military Service:
Conscientious Objector.
Awards, honors:
Brooklyn Museum Art School study grant (1970 - 1971); Doubleday/Columbia Creative Writing Award, 1971) for his novel "A Time for Silence: Between the Coming in and the Coming Out".
Writings:
"The King of Numbers" (a fable for adults and children), Jarrow Press (1971);
"Cosmic Telegram 777 and Ode to Madame Joy" (poety, photos, etchings), Mother & Child Reunion Press, 1971;
(contributor) John Price editor Life Show (photographic anthology), Bantam 1971;
editor with Hugh Seidman "Westbeth Poetry Anthology", IF Press (1971);
Editor of "Aquarian Angel" (a New Age primer and catalogue, Harper (1973);
also author of screenplay based on his novel "A Time for Silence" Between the Coming in and the Coming Out", produced by Togg Films in 1972,
author of dialogue for TOGG FILMS "Another America".
Author of several unpublished volumes of poetry including "Fractured Passiontunes and Other Scenes of Desolation Approaching a Near Illusion"
"Nothing New Under the Sun -- Memoirs of a Black Circus"
"That's That or the Coming Attractions of the Third Order"
"Song of Debeve"
"Enough Is Enough or Another Invitation to a Journey"
"Sounds of Light or Remembering That I Had to Learn to Sleep".
Author of an unpublished novel, "A Time for Silence: Between the Coming In and the Coming Out"
Also author of two unpublished children/adult fables:
"A Town without Sound"
"Jairus and the Golden Flame".
Contributor of photographs to Sterio Review and to photographice trade news publications;
Contributor to New Philosphy, Couduroy, and other journals. Poetry Editor, Woodstock Aquarian;
book reviewer Newark Evening News.
Work In Progress:
An epic poem The Great Procession.
A novel, Transit Zero
Research includes the Apocalypse, tarot cards, the Second Coming, spiritual awareness, cosmic consciousness and paraphysics.
Sidelights:
Also indicates he has started The Tranformational Foundation designed to handle the problems of world growth outlined in the Potomac Assocation Book Limits to Growth. The Transformation Foundation is dedicated to the education of our society from Self-consciousness to World or cosmic consciousness.
Spiritual awareness and evolutionary growth are "both the interest of my art and its guiding force."
Zarro has acted in two films:
Plays the role of a revolutionary in "Another America" (1972) and is a priest in "The Sacrifice" (1972) both by Togg Films.
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| January - February 1973 |
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Interviewed author John Fowles, well known author of such books as The Magnus, The Collector, etc., in Lyme Regis, England for the "Saturday Review" magazine.
Edited conversation tapes of his interview for the article he wrote.
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1971-ish Richard and John Fowles had been corresponding:
5/20/71 from Mr. Fowles:
"I am very pleased a U.S. publisher has seen the worth of your little story (The King of Numbers). Alas, Jonathan Cape here has turned it down -- not without some indecision and doubts, if that is any consolation. They felt in the end it was 'too difficult' for English children.
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Fowles also had enough respect for Richard's talent to offer him the use of his personal agent in England if Richard does not have one.
Fowles having referred Richard to Little, Brown in Boston
"I hope you have luck with Little, Brown" on the novel (discussing a Time for Silence).
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| September 15, 1973 |
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Alexandra Raieff and Richard married at the Church of the Mount, Roman Catholic Church in Woodstock, New York.
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| 1974 |
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Richard gave readings of children's tales in the Woodstock Elementary School.
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| 1974 |
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Richard passed the Extrance examination for New York State Police. He already had an extensive background in security techniques, self-defense, etc.
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| January - June 1974 |
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Richard organized, designed and hired and supervised staff and set-up production offices for The Connection, an alternate distribution wholesale catalog for Dell Publishing, taking the idea from conception through actual production.
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| June 1974 |
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Richard started homesteading in Ulster County.
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| August 1974 (or Summer 1973) |
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Richard selected and edited children's poetry in Ulster County, New York (under grant from the New York Council of the Arts) for a book of young children's poetry, The Sky, An Elephant and Me.
He taught a series of poetry workshops for young children in Ulster County, New York at the True Light Beavers Commune.
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| October, 1974 |
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Daughter Hope born on the 21st from Richard's marriage to Alexandra.
The infant was premature and weighed two pounds one ounce. This neo-natal infant had a birth defect -- gastrokesis -- and required emergency surgeries in Albany to close the intestinal wall and to allow her to survive.
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| December 1974 |
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Richard was awarded a Certificate of Achievement for having taken the Emergency Medical Technician course in Ulster County for the Woodstock Ambulance Corps, which he helped to establish.
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| January - June 1975 |
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During this time, Richard edited Interface: Holistic Review, Inc., a monthly newletter and book buying service, which included books on parapsychology, altered states of consciousness, the global future, alternate life styles and PSI phenonomena.
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| June - July 1975 |
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Richard co-founded the Stone Circle School with Joseph and Winnie Boyd to train people in the operation of small homesteads and the basic skills related to self-sufficiency and cottage industry crafts. He was responsible for editing brochures and promotional literature for this project, which the Boyd's continued to operate after July.
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| 1976 (with note in 1981) |
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Richard opened his own business, Zen Works, a landscaping company specializing in zen gardens, meditation spaces, Japanese architecture and water fountains designed to put the mind into an alpha/theta brainwave state through the visual and auditory senses.
In 1981, he noted in his "bio folder" he was carving Buddha's on commission.
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| 1976 |
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His remaining brother, Ronald, began having serious health problems in 1976. Ronald required extensive hospitalization and Richard spent time in New Jersey in 1977 assisting his parents with those issues.
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| January - June 1977 |
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Richard worked for Donald Rhodes, a columnist for the Woodstock Times newspaper.
Richard also organized, designed, edited and published El Composto's Garden Digest, a monthly newsletter dedicated to homesteaders, their garden and small livestock. The newsletter included writing "Crisis", a column dealing with issues facing the global community.
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| January 1977 - November 1977 |
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Richard performed private investigation work and other related duties for Robert Ricken, ex-assistant district attorney in the Bronx. Ricken during this time was in private practice in Kingston, NY.
Additionally, Richard edited press releases and brochures for Robert Ricken in his campaign for District Attorney of Ulster County. He also assisted in the same way his friend Steven Shearer to campaign for Town Councilman of Woodstock, New York.
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| 1979 |
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Richard researched, wrote and revised his novels, Havoc, Chriscross and Blood on the Orchid.
A screenplay adaption by Richard of his Columbia/Doubleday award winning first novel, A Time for Silence was bought by TOGG FILMS, INC. of New York.
HAVOC -- A Psycho-Political Terrorist Thriller (Guild #1102 NY) a mini-series for television based on a novel by the same name written by Zarro.
In 2007, we have lived the real life version of much of the plot behind this remarkable prophetic novel.
The 420 page teleplay, adapted from the novel by the same name by Zarro, has all the key elements of marketability: cults, anti-nuke violence, kinky sex, assassinations, the CIA's use of drugs and hypnosis, Mafia, mass suicide attacks by a terrorist motorcycle cult from their mountain retreats, exciting bank robberies, killer blizzards, parapsychological mysteries and an eerie, gripping ending in which a mutant child leads a group of frightened people to the ultimate inter-galactic experience.
A good deal of the plot is taken from CIA and Intelligence files unclassified under the Freedom of Information Act or adapted from interviews.
At the time of the newspaper interview by The Woodstock Times on February 8, 1979, Richard was finishing a treatment for a screenplay for his contorversial novel CHRISCROSS.
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| February 8, 1979 |
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An article appeared in the Woodstock Times (NY) written by Jim Reed of an interview of Richard concerning HAVOC -- A Psycho-Political Terrorist Thriller a mini-series for television based on the novel by Richard of the same name.
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| 1980 |
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Richard researched and wrote as a ghostwriter The Goldmaker, a 360 page adventure novel.
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| 1980 - 1981 |
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Richard trained with Dr. John Grinder, co-founder of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
As a result of this, Richard was certified an N.L.P. practioner.
Richard indicated to at least the sponsor of this site that when he finished the certification process that Dr. Grinder made a personal suggestion to Richard to further his proficiency. Richard told me he did as suggested.
Richard's certification in 1981 in Neurolinguistic Programming using hypnosis was
License #78482.
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| 1972 - 1981 |
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Richard's literary achievements include and are no means limited to those indicated on this web site.
Wrote several newsletters and editorial columns
Skidmore University, U.W.W. program
taking courses
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| 1981 |
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Richard researched the holographic nature of hypnosis and trance. He was also studying the possibilities of training the bio-computer/mind.
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| January 28 - 31, 1982 |
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Richard attended a Neurolinguistic Hypnosis Seminar instructed by John Grinder, Ph.D.
This seminar consisted of 30 hours of instruction including pratice drills and hypnotic/induction tasks. Grinder had many years experience with Milton H. Erickson, M.D. (a psychiatrist), one of the world's most effective and creative practitioners of hypnosis.
The hypnotic trace was defined by Erikcson as a special psychological state which effects a break in the person's conscious and habitual associations so that creative learning can take place.
The drills and instruction were targeted to impart the following skills and experiences:
1) Verbal and non-verbal inductiontechniques.
2) Utilization of trace phenomena, such as time distortion, amnesia and catalepsy.
3) Personal use and development of hypnotic states.
4) Multi-level communication.
5) Communicating with both hemispheres.
6) Utilizing resistance to enhance and deepen the trance state.
7) Sequencing unconscious responses that lead to new behaviors.
8) Generative application of altered states, such as in
education and business.
Understandings include:
1) Basic principles of communication and the hypnotherapist in amplifying the biofeedback loop and therefore helping
induce the altered states;
2) Uses of metaphor, quote or generative response for
attainment of altered state;
3) Detection of characteristics of trance state through physical changes in the client (through observation of these changes referred to as calibration);
4) Changing behavior through anchoring;
5) Understanding amplyfying techniques such as counting down and the like.
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| 1982 |
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Seminars and Keynote Speeches
California College of Acupuncture, Los Angeles, California
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| 1983 |
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Seminars and Keynote Speeches
St. Lawrence University, St. Lawrence, New York
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| 1984 - 1986 |
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Moved to Malibu, California for two years where he set up a private practice and continued to work on Holographic Hypnosis theory.
UNSURE OF DATES IN MALIBU
While he was in California, he experimented also with the implantation of Holographic Hypnotic suggestions directly into the human muscle structure using electromuscular stimulation machines.
Also while in California, Richard began training other health professionals including interns of the Los Angeles Acupuncture College these techniques using elecromuscular stimulation.
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| 1984 |
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Richard was asked to address the American Hypnosis Association in Los Angeles, California on the "Application of Holographic Hypnosis to electro-muscular stimulation".
As a result of this new technique, he was made an honorary member of that Association.
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| October 10, 1985 |
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In a Woodstock Times Newspaper article, one reads:
Hypnotism Becomes Respectable
Hypnotherapist Richard Zarro demystifies the trance state
"The path leading from the parking lot to his office is a product of one of Zarro's previous vocations. For several years he constructed zen rock gardens complete with tau-shaped tori gates and trance-meditation environments for area residents."
"A phone call from Woodstock resident and chiropractor David Rosenblum to investigate neurolinguistic programming being taught" out there and Rosenblum thought "it would interest Zarro."
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| 1985 |
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Seminars and Keynote Speeches
Century 21 Real Estate, Kingston, New York
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| 1985 - 1987 |
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Seminars at the State University of NY Institute for Professional Development, New Paltz:
Sales Excellence Seminar
New Think Programming the Bio-Computer
Prosperity Programming Seminar
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| 1986 - 1989 |
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Taught seminars at the Unison Learning Center, New Paltz, NY
Seven Futureshaping Seminars
Lucid Dreaming & Dream Programming seminar
Phone Power seminar
Writing and Superwriting Seminar
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| 1986 |
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Seminars and Keynote Speeches
Alco Standard, Poughkeepsie, New York
Ulster County Association of Life Underwriters, Kingston, New York
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| 1987 or 1986 |
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Richard taught his Futureshaping Series at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York.
In correspondence to Omega, he thanks Annie for inviting him to Omega. He indicates he will be giving seven seminars every Wednesday starting July 11 through July 23. My Target State for the seminars are:
Numbered List 1-3, please Noah
To increase the enthusiasm of staff members for the work they will be doing during the Summer;
To teach specific skills which will enable them to be in a state of excellence in their service to the Institute, its students and themselves;
To increase their understanding of how this Summer can be a delightfully intensive time for their own personal transformations and how their actions and visualizations can bring about global transformation by being an integral part of setting off the Omega Point. Tellhard de Chardin defined it as a sudden and mass awakening of a large number of people globally allowing the planet to make a quantum leap in consciousness. He also said, "A truth once seen, even by a single mind, always ends by imposing itself on the totality of human consciousness".
Specifically,
Course Description:
Course Title: The Omega Point Seminars
Course Subtitle: The New Technology for Personal and Global Transformation
The seven, three hour intensives will cover the basic Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Ericksonian hypnosis skills of Probing, rapid rapport, sensory acuity, anchoring, States of Excellenece, Peak Performance Trances, bio-computer programming, Metaprogramming and more. In addition, the following topics will be covered:
bulleted list indented with the bullets in line with T of the in the paragraph above, please Noah
Gaia, the Living Goddess;
Earth at Point Omega -- Apocalypse or Tranformation;
Relaxation techniques, self-hypnosis, stress control;
The emergence of the new Hi-Tech Zen;
How to change the program you are watching on you inner TV to the "Good Meta-Zen Show";
Programming States of Excellence and Enlightenment;
Business, Sports and Personal uses of "Trance" states or altered states;
Belief systems and visualizations: How they effect your life and the globe;
The Power of Love;
Personal Metamorphosis: Breakdowns or Breakthroughs?;
How we are "gods in the chrysalis".
Not bulleted:R
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| September 20, 1987 |
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From the Sunday Record (Ulster County) newspaper:
Hypnotherapist Merely a Guide
In this article, the writer, Eleanor Martin, actually experiences a "session" with Richard and tells what the Session is like.
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| 1987 |
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Seminars and Keynote Speeches
Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York
Center for Continuing Education, New Paltz, New York
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| April 17, 1988 |
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From the Sunday Record (Ulster County) newspaper article
"Hypnotist Focuses On a Better Self"
This article is about hypnosis generally and how it changed Richard's life and his current business as a hypnotherapist and teacher.
It also states Zarro studied "creative writing at Columbia University's Graduate School in 1971 and said he realized then that all of his best writing was done in a trance state."
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| 1988 |
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Richard co-produced with Mary Orser, a world class astrologer, a series of twelve tapes, one for each astrological sign, entitled "Change Your Destiny". Each tape has a spoken attunement and special brain-wave music commissioned and composed for this project.
These tapes are the first tapes to combine astrology with auto-suggestion and biocomputer reprogramming.
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| 1988 |
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Seminars and Keynote Speeches
He spoke at the Kingston Cosmetology Association, Kingston, New York
He spoke at the Panasonic National Sales Mangers meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada
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| 1989 |
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Harper and Row published Changing Your Destiny, a book co-authored with Mary Orser.
(photo of book with tapes can be seen two entries prior to this one)
Initial publication of The Phone Book by Station Hill Press took place.
Current publication's cover:
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| 1989 |
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Richard's Dad hospitalized with a severe heart attack.
 Photo dated 1/5/42
Richard's mother, Vita, died July 7th.
 Undated photo of Vita
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| 1989 |
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Seminars and Keynote Speeches:
Middletown Cosmetology Association, Newburg, New York
Mid-Hudson Mortgage Banker's Association, Newburg, New York
Poughkeepsie Central School Teachers, Poughkeepsie, New York
spoke on Teacher Empowerment
Direct Marketing Credit Association, New York City
International Credit Union, Atlantic City, New Jersey
National Guild of Hypnotists Annual Convention, New York City
on the topic of
Business Applications of Holographic Hypnosis
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| Contributions to the field of Hypnosis during his involvement before 1990 |
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Richard's contributions include and are not limited to:
- the demystification and popularizing of hypnosis/self-hypnosis to the general public;
- popularizing and introducing hypnosis, especially in the area of sales, into the corporate world as a powerful business tool for accessing Peak Performance States, especially in the area of sales and communications;
- discovering the Unified Field Theory for the actual "mechanics" behind the phenomena of hypnosis and "trance" states based on Modern Physics (Quantum Mechanics), Dr. Pribram's Holographic Brain hypothesis , Dr. Sheldrake's Morphogenic Field theory and Dr. LaBarge's Lucid Dreaming research and more. Richard devised an easily learnable, step by step method which has been utilized by thousands to achieve their material and spiritual goals;
- discovered and experimented with implantation of Holographic hypnosis sugestions directly into the human muscle struction using Electro-Muscular Stimulation machines. As a result, was made an honorary member of the American Hypnosis Association;
- Introducted the use of hypnosis into the field of Acupuncture, training interns at the Acupuncure College in Los Angeles, California;
- Introduced the use of Ericksonian hypnosis into the legal profession in New York.
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| February 1990 |
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The American Board of Hypnotherapy invited Richard to be the Master of Ceremonies for their annual convention.
The 3-90 Journal from them states:
"Richard is a hypnotherapist and communications consultant from New York and is 'in demand' nationwide as a speaker and presenter. We're grateful to you Richard for all the hard and wonderful work you did for us. Thank you!!!!"
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| March 24, 1990 |
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From their Press Relase by the International Hypnosis Hall of Fame
(To be given at) the International Hypnosis Hall of Fame Award and "Sealah" award at their Eleventh Annual Conference held March 22 through March 25 at the Sheraton Valley Forge Hotel and Convention Center, North Gulp Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
The four-day conference will feature workshops, seminars and lectures by leading hypnosis professionals from the U.S. and Canada.
The impressive roster of participants (at the conference) includes Max Toth of New York; Maurice Kershaw of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Walter Varan of Princeton, New Jersey, Richard Zarro of New York; A.M. Krasner of California; Robert 'Bert' Freeman of Livonia, Michigan, from among 40 workshop and topic presentors.
Conference Master of Ceremonies will be Max Toth. The opening address will be given by Penny Dutton Raffa, who founded with her husband the International Hypnosis Hall of Fame and the AAPR Hypnosis Research Centre at Blue Bell.
The 'Selah' Award dinner will be at 7:00 p.m. on March 24th. This award is presented annually to honor outstanding achievements, contributions and effort in promoting awareness of hypnosis and a better understanding of the profession among the public.
Among the 1990 nominees for the International Hypnosis Hall of Fame are:
Stephen P. Abelow, M.D., of Sourth Lake Tahoe, California; Dr. M. Nikki Goldman of San Diego, California; Maurice Kershaw of Montreal; Dr. A.M. Krasner of Santa Anna, California; Raymond Cage of Fort Worth, Texas; Ormond McGill of Palo Alto, California; James Grippo of Las Vegas; and Dwight Damon of Merrimack, New Hampshire.
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| March 24, 1990 |
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Richard was inducted into the International Hypnosis Hall of Fame at their eleventh Annual Ceremonies. As such, he received the prestigious "Seelah" Award for his contribution to the field of hypnosis.
The Award presented for meritorious research was based upon the discovery of Holographic Hypnosis, considered one of the most exciting new advancements in the field of hypnosis.
Induction into the Hall of Fame is determined by nomination annually in various categories to honor persons and/or organizations for outstanding performance and achievement in hypnosis and in helping to expand public awareness in the field.
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| April 10, 1990 |
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Richard interviewed by the "Poughkeepsie Journal" newspaper on the topic of:
businesses are shown peace and love work.
"His talks center around Passion, a trait he believes leads to peak performance. 'I believe the buzzword for the Nineties is passion.' He created inspirational connections for each letter of the work. Its elements include having a purpose that inspires the basic ability or skills to excel, a desire to stretch beyond what seem like limitation, reaching a second wind that helps excel, imagery or visualizations that help relax is a form of self-hypnosis, an open heart that encourages a try-try-again attitude and working with others as part of a team or nexus."
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| April 27 - April 29, 1990 |
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Seminar / Presentation
International Credit Association of the Hudson Valley
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| May 1990 |
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Seminars and Keynote Speeches
Richard was the featured speaker at the Sullivan County AIDS Task Force meeting.
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| Novenber 30 - December 2, 1990 |
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Seminar Taught
Richard taught his seminar in advanced hypnosis to students who completed basic training
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| 1990 |
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Seminars and Keynote Speeches:
Educational Paperback Association, Montreal Canada
New York State Cosmetology Association, Albany, New York
American Board of Hypnotherapy Annual Convention,
Santa Ana, California
International Hypnosis Hall of Fame, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (Inductee)
Sullivan county AIDS Task Force, Harris, New York
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| Christmas 1990 thru Winter 1991 |
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Having received a guitar for Christmas, Richard spent the next couple of months composing music and lyrics (mainly ballads and love songs) of over a dozen songs.
Then he convinced some of the musical greats who lived in the Woodstock area to meet him in Michael Bitterman's 16-track studio in the woods
2/6 - 2/8 and 2/11, 2/12 where he laid down and
2/16 - 2/17 mixed the track at the Studio
The result, from other notes, leads the sponsor of this site to believes it was Whirlwind rather than the Goddess Album -- both of which are available on tape.
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| 1991 |
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Transcriptions of the seven booklet and tape series from the Unison Learning Center seminars taught by Richard are released.
The topics include:
Gaia and the Omega Point
New Nature of Mind & Consciousness
Basic Futureshaping
Advanced Futureshaping
Prosperity Programming
Lucid Dreaming and Dream Programming and
Becoming a Transformer.
Copies of the actual tapes as well as the transcriptions are also available.
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| March 1991 |
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Seminars and Keynote Speeches:
Richard presented a workshop on "Lucid Dreaming and Dream Programming" to the Ohio Academy of Hypnotherapy.
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| May 14, 1991 |
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Richard made guest appearances on WDST, the Woodstock radio station.
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| August 2, 1991 |
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Richard saw a falcon on the Tori gait watching the Zen garden/his office.
(INCLUDE PHOTO)
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| August 1991 |
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Richard taught two seminars at the National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH) annual convention.
One. on August 16th, was on Holographic Hypnosis during which Richard reviewed Dr. Karl Pribram's holographic brain theory and students were taught how mental images (holograms) are recorded, stored and retrieved by the mind.
In the other workshop, Richard taught about "Lucid Dreaming and Dream Programming".
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| September 19, 1991 |
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"Self-Hypnosis, Visualization & New Breakthroughs in Nutrition" evening seminar presented at the Sheratan Hotel, Fairfield, New Jersey by Richard and his brother Ronald (who is a chiropractor, acupuncturist and nutritionist) Zarro.
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| September 27 - 29, 1991 |
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Richard with Peter Blum taught a Basic Holographic Hypnosis Training seminar which could lead to certification by the National Guild of Hypnotists in hypnotherapy.
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| 1992 |
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Seminars and Keynote Speeches
May 1 Prosperity Programming
Unison Learning Center, New Paltz, New York
May 8 Breakthrough Phone Skills
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 9 Business/Sales Excellence
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 24 National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH) Local Chapter Mtg.
Kingston, New York
July 10-
12 FTI Basic Holographic Hypnosis Certification
Training
Kingston, New York
August
14-16 National Guild of Hypnotists Annual Convention
Nashua, New Hampshire
Lucid Dreaming
Hypnotic Phone Skills and Superwriting
Sept 30 National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH) Local Meeting
Kingston, New York
October
9-11 FTI Advanced Futureshaping Certification Training
Kingston, New York
October
23-25 FTI Basic Holographic Hypnosis Certification Training
Chicago, Illinois
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| Juy 21, 1992 |
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Richard won the Billboard Magazine Certificate of Achievement for Whirlwind.
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| Spring - Summer 1992 |
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The following appeared in the Spring/Summer 1992 edition of the
Futureshaping Technologies Newsletter (formerly Interface Holistic Review)
FTI Founder Richard A. Zarro, R.H., was interviewed in Chicago's Innerquest by Bruce Felts and the article originally appeared in their January 1992 issue.
Q: How did you become interested in the human potential movement?
RAZ: When I was in high school, I was on the wrestling team and I lost every match. I had no confidence, no focus and was physically a weakling. I was told not to come out for the team next year.
My uncle, Dr. William Campbell, offered to do a session of hypnosis with me on visualization during which I learned how to induce auto-hypnosis.
Suddenly I began to have a passion for lifting weights, ended up on the honor roll and receiving the Outstanding Athlete of the year award. I was made team captain and received seven scholarship offers. This all happened in the time span of nine months. Needless to say I became very interested in the power of hypnosis. Later my uncle gave me the book Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz which led to a number of other books, which led to yoga, eastern philosophy ...... I couldn't get enough information.
Q: So this was the beginning of your own spiritual journey?
RAZ: Before that I was a devout Catholic and very devoted to the Divine Mother, which I still am. But today I'm against all organized religion. There are 57 wars on the planet right now and 54 are internal religious conflicts. In northern Ireland we have Christians and Catholics still butchering each other. We can no longer afford this kind of conflict. This is also the age for the end of gurus. Life is the only guru.
Q: Has this point of view affected you adversely in any area of your life?
RAZ: I lost a potential seminar at a very large and well known corporation because I wanted to talk about God. I talk about God in the most general terms because I don't want people to think of God as someone such as a male on a throne with a long flowing beard sitting on a cloud. In the Mideast, people are fighting each other in the name of God. You have 15 new Republics in Russia and thousands of nuclear warheads and no one in control.
We must have one day one world religion and one world government. And I know that sounds scary but we can not afford the luxury of our own special god in an age of instant nuclear destruction. Bucky Fuller said that if we can create a technology for instant destruction then we can create a technology for instant enlightenment.
Q: Isn't that a battle over belief systems?
RAZ: Yes. When I studied Neuro-Linguistic Programming with Dr. John Grinder, the co-founder of NLP, I took this information to heart because it explained so much to me. It has been said that the limits of your world are defined by the limits of your language.
Q: So our reality is defined by our language?
RAZ: Our reality is not only defined by our language but our brain is holographic. Dr. Karl Pribram, neuropsychologist and Nobel Prize winner, suggests that, as in a hologram, the sensations coming into the brain distribute themselves over large regions of the brain and, when recalled, become specific memories. Thus, there is reason to think that our brains construct "hard" reality by interpreting frequencies from a dimension transcending time and space. The brain is a hologram interpreting a holographic universe.
Q: In last year'sinterview with Michael Talbot, author of the Holographic Universe, I raised a similar question about the nature of reality. Is the physical world an illusion or as the religions of the East have called it, "maya"?
RAZ: Carlos Castanada says that "sorcerers say we are inside a bubble. It is a bubble into which we are placed at the moment of our birth. At first the bubble is open, but then it begins to close until it has sealed us in. That bubble is our perception. We live inside that bubble all our lives. And what we witness on its round walls is our own reflection."
It has been said by several cultures that during this period all illusions will begin to break down. For example, it was unheard of to firewalk until a few years ago.
Q: How would you describe this global transformation?
RAZ: The global transformation is similar to boiling water. Before the water boils small bubbles appear followed by other bubbles until it reaches a critical mass point then the water transforms into vapor.
Q: Is the bubble a metaphor for your earlier example of Carlos Castanada's description that each person is born into a bubble of perceptions and as more and more people begin to see through the illusions eventually everyone transcends the illusion?
RAZ: It is very similar to the 100th Monkey Effect. As Peter Russell, author of the Global Brain, points out, the tranformation of society awaits the transformation of the self. Enough selfs to tip the balance. When the transformation seeker becomes a knower then he or she becomes a powerful force for human unification. The very being of such a person will elevate the whole. Each person will be a midwife in the most amazing event in human historiy, the birth of the new Gaia. It will be a mass explosion of consciousness.
Q: Isn't it true that various cultures such as the Hindus, American Indian or Biblical prophesy share similar predictions but different metaphors?
RAZ: The Hindus have a 24,000 year cosmic clock and according to their clock we are entering the golden age. The American Indians believe in "the return of The White Buffalo". Astrology predicts the coming Age of Aquarius. I believe that the "Golden Age" is the development of the superconductors. Superconductors will provide a cheap source of energy which will transform the entire planet.
Q: At the end of each year the media presents a barrage of images of news events in the last 12 months. This year with the release of the hostages, the media recapped the last few years of news events. It is amazing that so much has happened in the world in only a few years.
RAZ: Alvin Toffler, author of Future Shock, says that information will triple every year after 1992.
Q: For someone who would like to gain more of an overview of the leading edge technologies available today, what advice would you give?
RAZ: In my homestudy course I have a set of seven audio tapes.The first tape presents an overview which I have discussed in this interview. It covers the Gaia theory and the Omega Point.
With that foundation, the student can move on to tape two. The Nature of the Mind and Consciousness with the Holographic Brain Theory. To change the pictures that control your life tape three explores visualization programming. After one masters these techniques, they are ready for more advanced techniques which I cover in tape four. Michael Talbot says, "whatever is believed becomes reality and all possible pasts, presents and futures are like different channels on a television set." All I'm doing is giving people the tools to change the channels. The fifth tape is Prosperity Programming. Unfortunately, people still believe that poverty and spirituality go hand in hand. This tape provides tools to "deprogram" self-destructive patterns. After you build up that visualization muscle, you are equipped to move on to tape six, Lucid Dreaming and Dream Programming. This tape provides the tools to wake up inside your dreams. And my last tape, Becoming a Transformer, is a culmination of the entire series and concerns Master Magician techniques of India and Tibet.
Q: What is the last step in becoming a Transformer?
RAZ: I'm reminded of my favorite quote from Teilhard de Chardin, "Some day after we have mastered the winds, the tides and gravity, we will harness for God the energies of love. And for the second time in the history of the world we will have discovered fire."
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| September 19, 1992 |
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Richard does "firewalk -- Bien"
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| October and November, 1992 |
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10/16 - 10/18 Basic hypnosis certification training
11/13 - 11/15 Advanced hypnosis certification training
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| May 5 - May 14, 1993 |
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Richard and his immediate family taken on trip by his Dad to visit the family homeland in Italy
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| June 11, 1993 |
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Richard did another firewalk
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| July 1993 |
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7/16 - 7/18 Basic hypnosis certification training
7/21 New hypnosis certification manual for trainings done
7/22 New Holographic Hypnosis Session Guide completed
Hand held guide for sessions one through ten
7/23 - 7/25 Hypnosis certification training
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| October 1993 |
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10/1 - 10/3 Basic hypnosis certification training
10/15 - 10/17 Basic hypnosis certification training part 2
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| November 12 - November 14, 1993 |
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Advanced hypnosis certification training for those having completed the basic training
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| January 1994 |
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Guest appearances on 18th and 23rd on the Woodstock radio station WDST
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Richard awarded the "Unlimited Spirit Award" by the International Association of Counselors and Therapists..
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| April 5, 1994 |
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Presentation to the Tent Association in Massachsuetts
(Check tributes)
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| May - June 1994 |
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5/15 Judy J, client from Australia, arrives. If memory serves the site sponsor correctly, Judy had a target state of weight loss. She not only did private work with Richard, she attended the first weekend of the Basic training and was here through 5-23.
5/20 - 5/22 Basic hypnosis certification training
6/10 - 6/12 Basic hypnosis certification training, part two
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| September - November 1994 |
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9/30 - 10/2 Basic hypnosis certification training with Pat Koenig assisting
9/30 Daughter Hope participates in training this evening
Richard's brother Ron arrives. He spoke to the class and also participated in this weekend's Basic Hypnosis certification training hypnosis by being part of an induction with other trainers including Richard as they walked around playing the script/induction for each of the class members each chose to give.
Photo of Ron dated Christmas 1993:
10/14 - 10/16 Basic hypnosis certification training, part 2
11/18 - 11/20 Advanced hypnosis certification training for those who have completed basic hypnosis certification training.
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It was during the advanced hypnosis training that the site sponsor to this site produced the prayer you see posted on the "About him" landing page. I was unable to attend because the person who was my ride during the Basic Training indicated she had to work that weekend. I sat at home "tinkering/doodling" on my computer and you see the result posted on the "About" page of this site. It was five years later as I fulfilled to the best of my ability being his caregiver during his rapidly declining health that I realized although I do not know "where" the information came from that it was remarkedly true. A few weeks later, I mailed the "prayer" to him and he posted just inside the client waiting room door.
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| 1995 |
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Richard's, as it turned out last, technical book -- The Enchanted Mind: A New Vision for Inner Space and Body with the forward by Ormond McGill (the Dean of American Hypnosis) is published.
The "pictures" which are your memories control your health, relationships, prosperity, the depth of your spirituality and especially the level of your self-love and self-trust", writes Zarro -- its author.
Lloyd Glaberman, Ph.D., president of Psyco-Technology, Inc. states, "The Enchanted Mind shatters myths surrounding the much misunderstood techniques of hypnosis and guides you on an inner journey toward your wellspring of creativity, power and passion.
Dr. Glaberman goes on to state "the practical and life-changing methods offered to the reader in this wonderful book provides a blueprint for personal transformation."
On January 31, 1995, the first shipment of the copies of the book arrives at Richard's office and home at 23 Easton Lane in Woodstock, NY.
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| July 1995 |
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7/7 - 7/9 Basic hypnosis certification training by Richard
7/21 - 7/23 Basic hypnosis certification training, part two
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| July 17, 1995 |
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Richard struck by lightening which came in over a land-line based telephone, making the phone in his hand useless.
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| October 1993 - November 1996 |
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October - November 1993
Basic hypnosis certification training held
Advanced hypnosis certification training held
June 1996
6/6 - 6/8 Basic hypnosis certification training
6/21 - 6/23 Basic hypnosis certification training, part two
November 1996
11/1 - 11/3 Basic hypnosis certification training
11/15 - 11/17 Basic hypnosis certification training, part 2
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| March 14, 1997 |
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Richard placed an old wedding ring on his right hand as a sign and reminder of his self renewal
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| 1981 - 1997 |
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Formed Futureshaping Technologies, Inc., which became the parent company for all his creative and teaching efforts,
President
Set up Transtech Publishing Co., founded first and which became the publishing company subsidiary of FTI, formed and of which he was President
For Fortune 500 Companies and small businesses, Richard presented seminars, keynote speeches and trainings
Private individuals and groups were trained for certification as hypnotherapists as a result of passing a written test and demonstrating skills as part of final at conclusion of this intensive five day course
Richard taught individuals Futureshaping Technology and Holographic Hypnosis.
Literally hundreds of students and clients were enriched by learning these tools for self-improvement
Authored and co-authored technical books on communcation skills. The following were his published books:
The Enchanted Mind, Changing Your Destiny and The Phone Book
Wrote articles appearing in professional magazines, concentrating on telephone skills and peak performance
International Hypnosis Hall of Fame
Inductee for his contributions to the field of hypnosis and his demystifying hypnosis for the general public
From the International Association of Counselors and Therapists, located in Florida, Richard received the Unlimited Spirit award
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6/13 - 6/15 Basic hypnosis certification training
6/27 - 6/29 Basic hypnosis certification training, part two
11/1 - 11/3 Basic hypnosis certification training
11/15 - 11/17 Basic hypnosis certification training, part two
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| 1998 |
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Richard retired from actively accepting new clients or doing formal trainings for both the International Association of Counselors and Therapists and the National Guild of Hypnotists allowing the trainee possibly, if the person chose, leading to certification by the two enabling organizations.
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Richard's soul transitioned from the physical realm, freeing his soul to soal into other realms, on August 12, 2003 at the age of 56.
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